After the meal, Qi Yuning sent Shuangjiang back to Prince Qi's Mansion, asking her to take good care of her pregnancy there.

On the way back to the princess's mansion, Qi Yuning looked at the crescent moon in the sky and felt a chill on her back. She turned around but didn't see anything.

Instead, he saw Lu Ze leaning against the side door of the princess's mansion.

When Lu Ze saw Qi Yuning coming, he chuckled and said, "I thought you were going to stay in the Prince's Mansion today and not go back to the Princess' Mansion."

Qi Yuning took the opportunity to hug Lu Ze's hand and said, "How could that be? How could I bear not to go back to the princess's mansion without Lingling?

"What about Lingling? Have she and Ali reconciled?"

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Lingling hasn't been weaned yet, and she needs milk every night. How can I dare to be angry with Ali again?"

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Lingling wasn't this greedy when she was three years old. When she was a baby, she was very greedy and had a bad temper."

Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and said, "Lingling's temper is not as bad as yours."

Qi Yuning glared at Lu Ze and asked, "What did you say?"

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Nothing."

Qi Yuning went to Lingling's room, saw Lingling sleeping soundly, kissed Lingling on the forehead, but saw that the white light of the jade lock on Lingling's neck became brighter and brighter.

And Ali, who was standing by, didn't seem to see the white light of the jade lock on Lingling's neck.

Qi Yuning looked at A Li and said, "Did you see the white light of the jade lock on Lingling's neck?"

Ali shook his head and said, "No."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze, and Lu Ze nodded at Qi Yuning.

Qi Yuning picked up Lingling and said to A Li: "Lingling will sleep with us today."

Lu Ze raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not refuse. After all, the second day of the Chinese New Year was Qi Yuning's birthday, and Qi Yuning probably hoped that the first person he saw would be Lingling.

Lingling can now sleep through the night.

At night, Qi Yuning and Lu Ze looked at the little baby Lingling in the middle, glanced at each other and smiled.

Qi Yuning yawned and said, "Why is the jade lock in front of Lingling starting to glow white again? Lingling left when it glowed white last time, so why is it glowing white this time?"

Lu Ze reached out to touch the glowing jade lock in front of Lingling. In front of him was Qi Yuning's boudoir in Prince Qi's mansion.

He only saw the crying of Lichun and Jingzhe, Xiaoman was still crying miserably, and Chunfen was also crying silently while holding Lingling, who looked older than him.

Qi Yuning in the room was coughing up blood.

"I'm afraid the princess won't live long."

"Your Majesty, we have done our best. The princess doesn't have much time left. We should prepare for her funeral as soon as possible."

Qi Yuning lay on the bed with a pale face, looking coldly at Lu Ze in front of him, "You finally got what you wanted. If I die, you will have no princess anymore. You can go and marry Miss Guan Liu or Miss Zhou Da..."

Lu Ze sat next to Qi Yuning and touched the hair on Qi Yuning's forehead. "Even if you are so sick, are you still so mean?"

Qi Yuning coughed several times in a row. Lu Ze patted Qi Yuning's back anxiously and said, "Speak less."

"Daddy!" Lingling walked up to Lu Ze and called timidly.

Qi Yuning, who was lying on the hospital bed, glared at Lingling and said, "He is not your father!"

Lu Ze held Lingling in his arms and blamed Qi Yuning, "Why did you scare your daughter like this?"

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling in Lu Ze's arms, "You two can show your deep father-daughter love somewhere else, don't come here to make me angry, cough, cough, cough!"

"Lu Ze, Lu Ze! Prince Lu?"

When Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning's cry, he suddenly loosened the small jade lock on Lingling.

Qi Yuning saw that Lu Ze's face was not right and asked, "What did you see when you touched Lingling's little jade lock?"

Lu Ze carried Lingling to the small bed beside him, lowered the bed curtain, put his arms around Qi Yuning's waist, looked at Qi Yuning's face, reached out his hand to gently stroke Qi Yuning's face, and kissed her red lips.

Lu Ze was extremely afraid that the dream would come true.

Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes and responded to him.

…

In August, in addition to Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu’s birthdays, there is also the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This year's Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet was also very lively. It was the new emperor's first Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, and Empress Dowager Zhou did not dare to neglect it. However, she discovered that all the power in the harem was in the hands of Concubine Wu, and the Phoenix Seal was still in the hands of the Empress Dowager, and had not been given to Empress Dowager Zhou.

Queen Mother Zhou had some complaints in her heart, but she didn't dare to say anything more. After all, the Phoenix Seal would be in her hands sooner or later.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the palace courtyard was hung with all kinds of lanterns, as bright as day, with music playing and fireworks blooming.

A big, round, bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the moonlight shines on people so softly.

Qi Yuning accepted all the toasts at today's palace banquet.

"Cousin, this glass of wine is for you." Zhao Xunfang came over with a glass of wine.

Qi Yuning saw Zhao Xunfang's slightly trembling hands, and took the wine glass handed to him by Zhao Xunfang with a faint smile. When their hands touched, Qi Yuning saw that Zhao Xunfang's hands were shaking violently.

Qi Yuning felt as if he was bitten by a mosquito on the back of his hand, which was numb and itchy. He put the wine that Zhao Xunfang handed to him aside, and instead of drinking it, he started scratching the itch on the back of his hand.

The mosquitoes during the Mid-Autumn Festival are the most poisonous. Fortunately, they didn’t bite Lingling. Lingling has suffered enough from mosquitoes this summer.

Mosquitoes are annoying, and they just happen to bite babies.

Zhao Xunfang stared at the wine glass beside Qi Yuning and asked, "Why doesn't my cousin drink? Does she dislike me or is she in mourning for her mother?"

Qi Yuning saw the inferiority in Zhao Xunfang's eyes, raised his hand to pick up the wine glass, and took a sip of the wine in the glass, "No, I just drank too much and my face is a little hot."

Zhao Xunfang saw Qi Yuning drink the wine and took a deep breath.

Qi Yuning noticed something was wrong with Zhao Xunfang's expression, so she called the palace maid beside her and whispered, "Send the imperial physician to check this glass of wine..."

After the palace maid took the wine away, Qi Yuning stopped drinking.

After Lu Ze and his colleagues finished drinking, they returned to sit next to Qi Yuning. Qi Yuning smelled the alcohol on Lu Ze and asked, "How much did you drink?"

Lu Ze chuckled and said, "I didn't drink much."

The maid came back quickly and said to Qi Yuning: "Princess, this wine is fine."

Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that, but Zhao Xunfang's eyes just now still made Qi Yuning sense something strange. Zhao Xunfang had to come to toast for no reason and was so nervous.

Afterwards, Qi Yuning only dared to eat the dishes that Lu Ze had eaten at the palace banquet.

Seeing that Qi Yuning picked up whatever dish he picked up, Lu Ze deliberately picked up a piece of ginger.

Qi Yuning did not doubt him and followed Lu Ze to pick up a piece of ginger. She frowned as she took the bite, but Lu Ze beside her chuckled.

When Qi Yuning heard Lu Ze's smile, she stretched out her hand to twist Lu Ze's waist and said angrily, "Lu Ze, how could you deliberately make me eat ginger?"

Lu Ze chuckled and said, "Why do you eat whatever I eat today?"

Qi Yuning said: "I'm afraid of being poisoned."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Whoever dares to poison the palace banquet will not only be punished by extermination of the entire clan, but will also be punished by being cut into pieces and tortured to death."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I was too cautious because I was scared by Zhao Rong. It's embarrassing and ridiculous for me to be so scared because of a child like Zhao Rong at my age."